obviously the world is made up of different cultures. but i think that within each culture there are two distinctly different forms. men & women. i think the culture of men is extremely different from the culture of women. if i was to research a topic and write a thesis, i think it would be on the cultural differences of men and women. this goes beyond the differences of their logic, their emotions and their bodies. for example... why are there more men criminals? more male athletes?
in guy movies, it's not uncommon to have an entire film where there are no women, if there are any, it's just for the token sex scene. chick flicks are fundamentally made up of love stories. occasionally you'll find a girl movie about a mother-daughter relationship, or about girlfriends. but by in large, these topics still somehow include men. why can't women exist without coexisting??
when i was in the upper grades of public school, recesses were determined by what the boys were doing. whatever sport or activity they were doing, we would be close by, on the sidelines, usually watching them. my mom tells me that's a universal trait.
i think these things go far beyond conditioning. i think it's not just a matter of how we're raised. because children these days are growing up in a society where men and women "officially" have equal opportunities. so what gives?? it baffles me.
i've liked feeling like i'm coming of age. although, i'm finding that most of the "coming" part is behind me, and i don't know where that leaves me.
i propose we do away with the use of u's after q's. we all know that q's can't be used without u's, so why not just assume it's there!?! words will now be condensed to be like so: qick, qeen, qarter, qote and so on. any qestions? ok fine, that won't work. i fold.
i could take another hit for you.
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great little rant les!
i think the answer to the more male criminals and athletes comes down to testosterone and socialization. testosterone is self-explanatory - it makes you bigger, stronger, more aggressive and more sexual. the socialization is only a little more complicated.
like it or not, male children have been more highly valued than female since practically forever. they grow up expecting to be in charge, and when they don't, we call them weak or "sensitive" or whatever. and girls who are tough are nailed as "butch" or stupid stuff like that. girls are only allowed to be strong when it makes them sexy.
i think the movies that are all-men are lies. the cultural image of men wants them to be islands and strong and independent, but all those male characters had mothers, they just choose to ignore them. men don't live in womanless vacuums, they just try to pretend they could.
there have been movies about women doing their thing: gorillas in the mist, thelma and louise, not without my daughter. sure, they still include men, but the focus is not the men. it's the women. the stories are there, you just have to look for them.
the fight for equality isn't over.
ooh, thanks. i really appreciate your take on things. and i think you're right about guy movies. they really aren't as independent to woman as they like to seem. hm, weirdos.
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